Constituency
408. Sivaganga
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-SIVAGANGA
INC 40.2%won by 3.9%BJP 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 5.7% to 40.2% of the vote here (+34.5%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1998.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 92.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,17,223
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
6,11,631
Margin
23,811
3.89%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1Sudarsana Natchiappan,E.M.Indian National Congress · INC2,46,07840.2%
- 2Raja.H.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,22,26736.3%
- 3Chidambaram.P.TMCM · TMCM1,27,52820.9%
- 4Vimalraj.S.M.FBL · FBL3,7960.6%
- 5Chidambaram.V.Independent · IND3,1510.5%
- 6Ramu.A.Rashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,9090.5%
- 7Shanmugam.S.Independent · IND1,9010.3%
- 8Gunasekaran.P.Independent · IND1,8760.3%
- 9Shanthanamary.G. (Tmt)Cpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,2230.2%
- 10Alagappan.Pr.Independent · IND5510.1%
- 11Muthuramalingam.M.Independent · IND3510.1%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −1.8%
- INC share
- 5.7% → 40.2%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- 55.2% → 54.8%